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Issue: Thrilling Comics #2 (23) Public Domain
Publication Date: December 1941
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Issues: #2 (23) of 80 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagPines
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Better Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 10/21/1941
Volume: 8
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 12 (9 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Ned Pines [as N. L. Pines] (president)
Disclose Notes: Some info verified using a DCM scan (http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/)

The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1941, New Series, Vol. 36, No. 4.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The American Crusader [Archibald Masters]; Doc Strange [Thomas Hugo Strange] (inset); Nazis
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Keith Chandler : Art was previously credited to Kin Platt ?, but is clearly by Schomburg.
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Announcing Real Life Comics

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Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Feature(s): Real Life Comics
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Attack of the Giant Puffballs

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The American Crusader [Archibald Masters]; Jane Peters [Masters' secretary]; The "Mad Botanist" (villain, introduction); Hessman (villain, introduction)
First Line: Gracious, but I hate to take the time from my experiments!
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Pages: 10
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Krantz the Saboteur

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Doc Strange [Dr. Thomas Hugo Strange]; Virginia Thompson; Krantz (villain, introduction, death); Mrs. Boyle
First Line: There's a new sabotage ring active...
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Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: According to Alberto Becattini, in his article in Alter Ego #130 (January, 2015), Dan Barry may have collaborated on the art with Mandel.
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The Sabotage of the Condor Planes

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation, war
Character(s): The Lone Eagle; Seiden (aka Holmes (aircraft engineer), villain, introduction); Losch (villain, introduction); Lieutenant Ormsby
First Line: Union Field's a bit short-handed. Captain!
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Pages: 7
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The Mystery of Angkor

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Ghost [George Chance]; Betty Morris; Professor Fenton (villain); Doctor Martin; the image of the Venerable Yogi; The Shah
First Line: We must see Dr. Martin at once...
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Pages: 8
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Race With El Diablo

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Genres: western
Character(s): The Rio Kid; Bart Cummings (outlaw); Dick Fraser (rancher); Ann Fraser
First Line: Outlaw Bart Cummings gets alarming news!
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Pages: 7
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All Out For Thrills!

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Chats with the Editor
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Pages: 1
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The Midget Menace

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, sports
Character(s): Dan Duffy; Marcia Lee; "Blink" Gordon; Tom Thumb (villain, introduction, death); Hercules (villain, introduction, death); Professor Welton (villain)
First Line: Crime has never paid...
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Platt signs - as 'Kin' - in the final panel.
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Bomb Shelter

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ? (2 spot illustrations)
Inker(s): ? (2 spot illustrations)
Colorist(s): ? (2 spot illustrations)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Peter Claver; Mrs. Claver; Phyllis Claver
First Line: Twelve-year-old Peter Claver had become accustomed...
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Pages: 1
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Hassle With Hack Nelson

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Genres: espionage
Character(s): Nickie Norton; Lefty; Hack Nelson (villain, introduction); Kadoff (engineer); Mikal (engineer)
First Line: At Secret Service Headquarters...
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Pages: 8
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Travelogues

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, humorous
Character(s): Marco Polo Jones; Polly; Snowball; Father Time; Mother Time; Baby Time
First Line: Boss, I has a good idea for a new picture...
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Pages: 2

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